For God, For Country and For YaleFor God, For Country and For YaleYou have stumbled across the blog of a young Catholic man at Yale University. His time in New Haven is divided between playing Ivy League football and studying history. Is he preparing for the next Crusade or the next Counter-Reformation? Articles
Scramjet hits Mach 10 over Australia
2007-06-22 17:52:00 A supersonic scramjet engine has been successfully launched from a test range in Australia . The Australian Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) said the scramjet achieved reached 10 times the speed of sound during the test. Scramjet s are supersonic combustion engines that use oxygen from the atmosphere to burn onboard fuel. By contrast, conventional rockets carry ... More About: Hits , Mach
Missing: Large lake in southern Chile
2007-06-22 17:51:00 A lake in southern Chile has mysteriously disappeared, prompting speculation the ground has simply opened up and swallowed it whole.The lake was situated in the Magallanes region in Patagonia and was fed by water, mostly from melting glaciers. It had a surface area of between 4 and 5 hectares (10-12 acres) — about the size ... More About: Earth , Missing , Southern , Lake
Shatner Vision; Plea for help for Iraq Vets
2007-06-22 06:20:00 It is interesting to see a 76 year old Captain Kirk. He seems to be doing pretty well. This video from William Shatner was recorded June 4, 2007. I hope he lives to be 100 or more. More About: Politics , Iraq , Vision , Visio
Pyramid-style crop circle points the way to Wiltshire?s White Horse
2007-06-22 04:45:00 Crop circle season has started early this year but in a familiar setting after this impressive three-dimensional pyramid design was discovered at Milk Hill in Wiltshire. The 175-foot formation was spotted by early morning commuters on the A361 Devises to Alton Barnes road. Just metres from the chalk White Horse on the slope at Milk Hill, the ... More About: Earth , Style , Circle , Points
Archaeologist sparks hunt for Holy Grail
2007-06-22 04:42:00 An archaeologist has sparked a Da Vinci Code-style hunt for the Holy Grail after claiming ancient records show it is buried under a 6th century church in Rome. The cup - said to have been used by Christ at the Last Supper - is the focus of countless legends and has been sought for centuries. ... More About: Religion , Archaeology , Parks , Holy Grail
N.J. mystery creature has fangs and fins
2007-06-22 04:24:00 As soon as he viewed the photo - those fanglike teeth, like something out of a horror movie - John Lundberg knew what the mystery creature was. “Once you see one of these things, you don’t forget it,” says Lundberg, curator of fishes at the Academy of Natural Sciences. It was a wolf eel, a six-foot-long - ... More About: Mystery , Creature , Myst , Fang , Fins
Magnetocalorics: Fridge Magnets.
2007-06-22 04:19:00 Materials that change temperature in magnetic fields could lead to new refrigeration technologies that reduce the use of greenhouse gases— sciday … Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne and Ames National Laboratories said they believe magnetocaloric materials will lead to a new environmentally friendly refrigeration technology that reduces the use of greenhouse gases. Scientists carrying ... More About: Technology , Magnets , Radiation , Calor , Fridge
Pentagon says hacker busted through security system
2007-06-22 00:21:00 The Defense Department has taken as many as 15-hundred computers off line after a hacker busted through its security system.Few details of Wednesday’s cyber attack are available, but Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he expects the computers to be up and running soon. Gates said the Pentagon sees hundreds of attacks a day and that this ... More About: Security , Technology , System , Hacker
Bush Vetoes Embryonic Stem Cell Bill
2007-06-21 04:56:00 Vetoing a stem cell bill for the second time, President Bush on Wednesday sought to placate those who disagree with him by signing an executive order urging scientists toward what he termed “ethically responsible” research in the field. Bush announced no new federal dollars for stem cell research, which supporters say holds the promise of disease ... More About: Politics , Health , Biology , Cell
Hasn?t Speciation been observed experimentally?
2007-06-21 04:14:00 A reader recommended that I check out alternativescience.com. In my view, the author is a prolific writer, but out to lunch. For example: Survival of the fittest means “the reproductive success of the reproductively successful.” The central proposition of the Darwinian argument turns out to be an empty tautology. - altsci I’ll ignore the fact that ... More About: Biology , Observe , Peri , Been , Rime
Users rage against China?s ?Great Firewall?
2007-06-20 21:41:00 Yang Zhou is no cyberdissident, but recent curbs on his Web surfing habits by China ’s censors have him fomenting discontent about China’s “Great Firewall .”Yang’s fury erupted a few days ago when he found he could not browse his friend’s holiday snaps on Flickr.com, due to access restrictions by censors after images of the 1989 Tiananmen ... More About: Politics , Technology
An SR-72 in the works?
2007-06-20 21:36:00 Ten years after the Air Force retired the SR-71 spy plane, Lockheed Martin?s legendary Skunk Works appears to be back at work developing a new Mach-6 reconnaissance plane, sources said. The Air Force has awarded Lockheed?s Advanced Development Projects arm a top-secret contract to develop a stealthy 4,000-mph plane capable of flying to altitudes of about ... More About: Technology , The Works
Space pioneers wanted for 520-day Mars experiment
2007-06-20 21:25:00 The European Space Agency (ESA) on Tuesday called for applications for one of the most demanding human experiments in space history: a simulated trip to Mars in which six “astronauts” will spend 17 months in an isolation tank on Earth.Their spaceship will comprise a series of interlocked modules in an research institute in Moscow, and ... More About: Experiment , Wanted , Peri
All United flights stopped for 2 hours due to ?computer outage?.
2007-06-20 21:20:00 Outage lasted until 10 a.m. CDT, when departures were able to resumeA computer malfunction at United Airlines halted all departures systemwide for two hours Wednesday, the carrier said. Spokeswoman Robin Urbanski said the airline did not yet know what caused the problem, which she described as a computer outage. The outage lasted from 8 a.m. ... More About: Technology , Flights , Computer , Flight
Strange Exits: Falling Totem Pole Kills Boy at Pa. Camp
2007-06-20 02:22:00 A 13-foot totem pole fell over and struck a boy on the first day of Boy Scout camp, killing the 9-year-old, state police said Monday. Tyler O. Shope, of Shermans Dale, died of head and chest injuries Sunday afternoon, Perry County Coroner Michael Shalonis said. The boy’s parents were nearby when the pole fell around ... More About: Strange , Camp , Pole , Kill , Totem
Strange Exits: New biker, 71, died of excitement
2007-06-20 02:14:00 A 71-year-old man died from excitement the first time he went out on his new motorcycle, says a coroner. John Parsons, a retired engineer from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, suffered a heart attack on his 125cc Honda and fell into the path of an oncoming car. The bike was delivered the day before and ... More About: Strange , Biker , Died , Range , Excitement
Americans coming up short
2007-06-20 02:09:00 New research shows that Americans are coming up short. In fact, we are the shortest population in the industrialized world. Since the colonial times, Americans were the tallest people in the world. The Netherlands is now the world’s tallest country. In Denmark., men average 6 feet, while American men average 5′10. Researchers say the Dutch health ... More About: Biology , Short , Ming |
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